The partial legislative in Paris, which should see Rachida Dati and Michel Barnier clash, will take place on September 21 and 28

The vote of the partial legislative in the 2ᵉ district of Paris, which should see the Minister of Culture clash, Rachida Dati, and former Prime Minister Michel Barnier, both members of the Republicans (LR), will take place on September 21 and 28, according to a decree published on Wednesday August 6 Official Journal. “The voters of the 2^e district of Paris are summoned on Sunday, September 21 in order to make the election of their deputy to the National Assembly ”specifies the decree signed by the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau. The second round will take place on September 28, adds the text.

The Minister and Mayor of 7^e District of the capital, Rachida Dati, announced at the end of July its candidacy for this election, launching hostilities against Michel Barnier, who is seeking the same post of deputy and obtained the LR inauguration. M^me Dati said she would be a candidate “Whatever happens”accusing Mr. Barnier of presenting himself to serve “Presidential ambitions”. The latter invited her not to “Not to be mistaken” election, believing that she had “A legitimate ambition” For the Paris town hall in 2026.

The mayor of 7^e Arrondissement was returned on July 22 in trial for corruption and influence traffic, suspected of having received 900,000 euros between 2010 and 2012 for consulting services performed with a subsidiary of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, but without having really worked, while it was a European lawyer and deputy. She appealed the decision.

“A clever (and lucid) spirit could quite bring this precipitated decision of Bruno Retailleau closer to the date of the hearing which must set the date of the Rachida Dati trial. Audience will be held on September 29. Either the day after the second round ”quipped on X the president of the National Council of the Socialist Party, Luc Broussy.

This partial legislative comes after the Constitutional Council’s decision to declare the macronist Jean Laussucq ineligible, for irregularities in his campaign accounts. Two other deputies, Stéphane Vojetta (district of French people from abroad, together for the Republic) and Brigitte Barèges (Tarn-et-Garonne, Union of the Rights for the Republic), were declared ineligible on the same day. The dates of the partial legislative elections of their constituencies have not yet been announced.